3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Draught) Sampled at the Great Canadian Beer Festival 2008 in Victoria, September 2008. Pours an opaque body. Nose of peach and figs. Very sweet flavour with a green fried fruit and soya sauce finish. Very good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
The new Thor’s Hammer has been done for a few years now but I always had trouble finding it, even getting shut out at the brewpub. Finally tracked it down at St. Augustine’s. Cloudy amber-brown with no head. The aroma has a lot of malt, chocolate, hops, and a little bit of earth and fruit. There really is a lot going on here. Rich malty, with lots of earthy, woody hops as well. At this point, it’s a straight up barley wine. A good one, but not as distinctive as I remember it.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
[on tap at the Alibi room]
Excellent cereal grain aroma with some detectable hops. Dark orange/dark amber with a dotty white cover. Salty hops flavour together with sweet cereal malt. Excellently balanced dry yet sweet finish. Medium to full body, low carbonation, warming.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle ? ml
Aroma: proper malt sided with warmth of alcohol. 7+
Appearance: dark woody amber, hint of brown. Medium rocky top. 3+
Palate / Taste: Full bodied. Malty , sweet sided with warmth of alcohol. Not best barley wine I had recently yet very solid and what more important very true to the style (English barley Wine).
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours reddish brown with a tiny head. Aroma of brown sugar, toffee, caramel and intense sweetness. Flavour is cloyingly sweet, with caramel, toffee and quite a boozy quality.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
had on tap at brewpub nice dark brownish amber with no head. nice sweet aroma and a smooth caramal nut malt flavour. easy to drink nice barley wine
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at the brewpub
Cloudy dark amber color. Nutty caramel aroma. Correct body strength; sweetish malt juice flavor, not big, with decent hopping, and an evident butterscotch and nut flavor. Warming final. I love Barley Wines, this one is sweet and not bad, but it’s not hoppy or complex as others; it even reminds me Abbey Quads...
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a brownish red / copper. Aroma of cinnamon, toffee and sugar. Flavour of caramel malt, cinnamon, nutmeg, toffee, lots of sugar and alcohol. A bit sweet and unbalanced for a barley wine, but still good.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap at brewpub. Still dirty brown copper. Winey ABV hop nose. Brittish and dry with lots of friendly hops. Hints of chocolate.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap. Dark brown and almost opaque. Initial hop aroma fades to strong malt aroma. Light to medium carbonation. Malt taste is heavy, sweet and strong. Strong licorice aftertaste with high alcohol in evidence. Fruity. Flavour is not hoppy.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap and aged a year, served in a snifter with a small tan head. Malt-forward aroma with raisins, chocolate, licorice and vanilla. Has a burnt caramel, earthy taste, rye, vanilla and nutty-spice under tones. Starts aggressive but finishes smooth. A solid barleywine that I will come back to in future incarnations.
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